29. Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work, Douglas Coupland 28. When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead, Jerry Weintraub 27. As of This Writing, Clive James 26. Hitch 22, Christopher Hitchens 25. In the Line of Fire, Jerry Weissman 24. A World I Never Made, James Lepore

Things got kind of busy for me at the end of the year, so once I had the 52 in hand, I slacked off a bit. I also hit a string of books toward the end of the year, that I didn’t finish. One of the biggest changes I’ve made in my reading habits over the past few years is walking away from books I don’t enjoy. I used to just plow through them no matter what.

My public library closed for renovations and moved to a temporary location. I haven’t been there yet, which resulted in a limited opportunity to grab new books that appealed to me from the library. I’m also starting read more frequently on my Kindle. Also, I read a good number of summaries of business books from my GetAbstract subscription. I don’t count those on this list, but they take away time I might have spent reading books.

The great result of doing this 52 books in 52 weeks list on my blog for several years is that publishers occasionally email me to see if I’d like review copies of books. Would I ever! I’m always happy to get those requests.

They did a good job of targeting me this year because some of my favorite books were review copies. I don’t always write reviews of the books, but I try to mention the ones I like on my blog, Twitter or elsewhere. Examples of those include: Michelle Golden’s excellent Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms, Clifford Nass’s thought-provoking The Man Who Lied to His Laptop, Marc Lauritsen’s ground-breaking Lawyer’s Guide to Working Smarter, and a special thrill for a fan of spy thrillers like me, Eric Van Lustbader’s Last Snow.

My favorite reader experience was reading William Gibson’s Zero History, attending his St. Louis reading with my daughter, chatting with him briefly and getting my copies of Zero History and Neuromancer autographed.

I’d like to mention more – it was a good reading year.

Here’s the full list. I’ll be posting about my 2011 list soon. I encourage you to take on the 52 book challenge.

December

52. Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms, Michelle Golden 51. What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People, Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins 50. Million Dollar Speaking, Alan Weiss 49. Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Donella Meadows

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